The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-10-22

An epidemic of typhoid fever is raging at
Iron Mountain, Michigan. Over 100 persons
are sick, aud the funerals number from one
to seven daily.
The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com
pany, as an independent, competing concern,
formally ceased 10 exist on Saturday last,
and its affairs are now under the management
of the Western Union.
The aggregate receipts of the fair of the
Frederick County Agricultural Society, held
last week, will approximate $4,000, which is
fully up to the average.of past years.
Mrs. Annie Lacks threw pancake into the
lap of Mrs. Cleveland the day the Presiden-
tlal party visited the fair grounds at St. Louis.
For this she was on Tuesday fined $50 in the
Police Court The woman discaimed any
disrespect for Mrs. Cleveland, and said she
threw the cake in a spirit of fun, but the tes-
timony was against her. Her counsel took
an appeal.
The schooner Herman Babson arrived at
Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Tuesday from
the Grand Banks. Captain Lawson reports
that on September Both he fell in with the
French fishing sloop St. Pierre, of st. Pierre,
waterlogged. He boarded her and found ten
men drowned in the cabin. The weather
was so rough that he was unable to do any
/ luihS WIN nCI VI ECCONCI tnC DOutOo.
A sad incident occurred at the reception to
President Cleveland in Memphis, Tennessee,
on Saturday. Judge Elicit, who had made
the address of welcome to the President,
dropped dead in his seat when Mr.. Cleveland
had concluded his response. The fact of
Judge Ellett's death was concealed from the
President at the time, it being reported that
the Judge had only fallen in faint.
Some unknown disease is killing the cattle
in the Southern part of Crittenden township,
Champaign county, Illinois. A score or more
have died within few days. Stock ralsers
think the disorder results from the water fam
inc, which was especially severe in that local
ity, and another cause is thought to be the
excessive amount of smut or green corn,
which has been fed since the pastures failed
in the latter part of the summer.
Two freight trains collided onthe Brainerd
and Minneapolis Railroad, near Lincoln, Ne,
braska, Thursday. The wreck took fire, and
both engines and seventeen loaded cars were
burned Brakeman Isaac Davenport was
caught in the wreck, and, in order to release
! him and prevent him from being burned, a
fellow trainman seized an axe and chopped
| off his imprisoned leg. He was badly crush
ed and lived but short time.
A telegram from Ishpening. Michigan, says
of the epidemic of typhoid fever in the Iron
Mountain village, on the Menominee River
Railway, 100 miles south of there, that there
we're 200 cases on Tuesday, and new cases
we're reported every few minutes. The deaths
are numerous. The physicians are working
night and day. Poor water and defective
sewerage are generally blamed for the cpl
demic panic prevails, and many persons
are leaving the place.
A train on the Southern Pacific Railroad
was stopped about four miles from FL Paso,
Texas, on Friday afternoon of last week by
three men, who hurled a bomb at the door OF
the mail car. The door was shattered and
the mail agent considerably shaken up, but
he recovered, and seized double arrrelled
shotgun and when the first robber appeared
in the doorway shot him dead. The other
two ran away as fast as they could. The mail
agent fred the second barrel at them and
thinks he hit one of them.
Daniel Cunningham, detective, of Eureka,
West Virginia, who is alleged to have instiga-
ted the robbery of Rev. Mr.. Ryan and others
in Roane and jackson counties, is reported
to have been captured on Monday and lynch
ed on Monday night. Seven men were engag-
ed in the murder and robbery of Mr.. Ryan.
OF these the vigilantes had lynched Coon,
George Duff, Jr., Robert Duff and DraSe.
The Duffs and Drake made a confession, and
said that Cunningham and his nephew were
the only ones not caught Itappears that all
the arrests made by the vigilantes were upon
warrants.
Near Punxsutawney, Penna., on Monday
night four masked robbers entered the house
of Philip Kupple, an aged farmer, beat him
nearly senseiess with club and bound his
hands and neck. They also tied his wife.
The ruffians then ransacked the house, taking
500 in money, two gold watches, two guns,
revolver and some articles of smaller value.
One of the robbers brought pie and milk
into the room and they had feast together.
After three hours they went off, one at time,
until only one was left. This one united the
couple, and saying it was time for honest peo-
pie to be in bed, left the house.
Ernest Tendleman was standing on a plat
form at indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday,
loading coal on locomotive tender. when
his foot slipped and falling headforemost,
about fifteen feet, he struck switch target,
which entered his shoulder and was driven
clear through his body. There was a knob
on the end of the target which had to be filed
off before he was extricated. 1t took thirty
FIVE minutes to remove the knob and the &C
cumulated rust before he could be lifted off
the target, which was about an inch and a
half in diameter. The physicians at the hos
pital express hope of saving his life.